Examining Food Fraud: Adulteration, Legislation, and Case Report

This presentation provides an overview of food adulteration and fraudulent activities within the UK's hospitality industry. It defines food adulteration as the mixing of inadequate ingredients or removal of valuable components during food processing and packaging. The presentation outlines various types of food fraud, including adulteration, substitution, misrepresentation, counterfeiting, theft, diversion, and unlawful processing. It also identifies key legislation aimed at controlling food fraud in the UK, such as the Food Information Regulations 2014, General Food Regulations 2004, Food Safety Act 1990, and Food and Drugs Act 1875. A report on a sunflower oil being sold as olive oil scam is mentioned to illustrate the issue. The presentation concludes that food adulteration is often driven by manufacturers seeking to increase profits.

Presentation

Table of contents
 Introduction
 Food Adulteration
 Types of food fraudulent activities
 Legislation to control the food fraud in the country
 Report on the food fraud
 Conclusion
 References

INTRODUCTION
 The term food adulteration means the mixing of
inadequate ingredient in the eatable food while
processing and packaging the food in the
organisation.
 It also includes that the manufacturer removes the
valuable ingredients of the food which he is selling
in the market.
 The adulteration also includes the substitution of
the of the inferior quality of food into the superior
quality of food that is being produced in the
factory(Elizondo Lord and Spencer, 2018).
 This presentation would discuss about the food
fraud activities that are being done in the
hospitality industry of United Kingdom.

Food Adulteration
 The food adulteration is made illegal in the
United Kingdom by the government of the
country.
 The food adulteration deals with the inadequate
ingredients that are being mixed in the eatable
products that are being produced by the company.
 There are also various laws that deals with the
food adulteration in the country.
 These laws includes the Sale of Food and Drugs
Act 1875, Food Safety Act 1990, etc.
 These are the two main laws that deals with the
food adulteration in the country(Rizzuti, 2020).

Types of food fraudulent activities
 Adulteration
 Substitution
 Misrepresentation
 Counterfeit
 Theft
 Diversion
 Unlawful processing of food

Legislation to control the food fraud in the
country
 The Food Information Regulations 2014
 General Food Regulations 2004
 Food Safety Act 1990
 The Food Safety and Hygiene (England)
Regulations 2013
 Food and Drugs Act 1875

Report on the food fraud
 A report in 2019 explains that an organised
criminal gang in Germany has earned €8 million a
year by the sell of the sunflower oil under the
name of the olive oil in the market.
 This has happened due to various factors like
pressure on the sale of supply in the market of eth
country(Robson, et.al, 2021).

Conclusion
 The above presentation concludes that there are many cases that are being related to
the food adulteration which is mainly done to increase the profit of the company.
 The operation of the food adulteration is done intentionally by the manufacturer for the
selfish motive of the company.

References
 Elizondo, C.J.F., Lord, N. and Spencer, J., 2018. Food fraud and the Fraud Act 2006:
Complementarity and limitations. In Financial Crime and Corporate Misconduct (pp.
48-62). Routledge.
 Rizzuti, A., 2020. Food crime: A review of the UK institutional perception of illicit
practices in the food Sector. Social Sciences, 9(7), p.112.
 Robson, K., et.al , 2021. A comprehensive review of food fraud terminologies and food
fraud mitigation guides. Food Control, 120, p.107516.
 Smith, R., Manning, L. and McElwee, G., 2022. The anatomy of ‘So-called Food-Fraud
Scandals’ in the UK 1970–2018: Developing a contextualised understanding. Crime,
Law and Social Change, pp.1-24.

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